Another entertaining thread from the gtr forum

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Originally Posted by Haboob

If I were in the market to get a GTR, I'm pretty sure I'd keep it bone stock - maybe an exhaust and that's it.

Too many (2) horror stories of builders ******* them up.

There are some good shops out there no question and they contribute to our community and are the reason its so successful. Its easy to find who the top guys are as their track records are very apparent

But personally wearing only an owners hat for a second... with all due respect I would never let even the most proven shop touch mine as I have no interest in the making the car more than what it is. The GTR community has become so aftermarket obsessed the last few years with a mentality that it has to be a 8 sec straightline car or its not a real GTR. I know a lot of this comes from the previous cars being such a tuner beast and there is a segment that buys these new cars that comes from that same thinking. For me when I see things like the video of the Takumi assembling the engine and just knowing the original idea the engineers had for the car It makes me want to just respect it the way it is.

You dont see LFA owners running out and doing all this to their cars. I know its not apples to apples as the GTR is a more "mass" produced car but you get what im saying...Im about raising the cars image to a level like that and I just feel that when you get these 1K HP cars is not about the car can do anymore its the tuner. I dont like the direction the community has drifted years after the car has been out..the GTR more and more is becoming some highway pull car or straightline car and thats just not what it was meant to be. Thats a great aspect for sure but its about balance as well. Thats just my personal opinion and as the earlier model year cars becomes more and more affordable you will have even more people buying them on a budget and taking them to god knows who for their own 1000hp build so you will see more and more of this